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Definition

Major soil group:

06 podzolic soils

With black, dark brown or ochreous humus and iron-enriched subsoils formed as a result of acid weathering conditions. Under natural or semi-natural vegetation, they have an unincorporated acid organic layer at the surface.

Soil Group:

3 podzols

Well drained, with a bleached subsurface horizon and no thin ironpan.

Soil Subgroup:

4 paleo-argillic podzols

(with ancient, reddish clay-enriched subsoil)

Soil Series:

sandy gravelly very hard siliceous stones

Brief Profile Description

In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)

Surveyed profiles in LandIS

National Soil Inventory Sites: 0

Representative Profiles: 1

Auger Bores: 15

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